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In township tonight! : South Africa's Black city music and theatre

Title
In township tonight! : South Africa's Black city music and theatre / David Coplan.
Author
Coplan, David B. (David Bellin)
Publication
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
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Description
xvi, 455 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps; 25 cm.
Series Statement
Chicago studies in ethnomusicology
Subjects
Note
  • "First published by Longman, Inc. and Ravan Press in 1985"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction : in township last night -- City life and performing arts in nineteenth-century South Africa -- Black Johannesburg, 1900-1920 -- Black performance culture between the world wars : the 'rank and file' -- Black performance culture between the world wars: the 'situations' -- Sophiatown : culture and community, 1940-1960 -- Township music and musicians, 1960-1980 -- Twenty years of Black theatre : the struggle for Black city culture -- The darkness and the dawn : Black popular music since 1980 -- Jazz and other (con)fusions since 1990 -- Out of the townships tonight : emerging South African theatre -- Conclusion : in township tomorrow night.
Call Number
JME 08-386
ISBN
  • 9780226115665 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780226115672 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0226115666 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0226115674 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2007037684
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Author
Coplan, David B. (David Bellin)
Title
In township tonight! : South Africa's Black city music and theatre / David Coplan.
Imprint
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
Edition
2nd ed.
Series
Chicago studies in ethnomusicology
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Publisher description
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JME 08-386
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